Program Overview
Program Overview
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Cells 2025 Program (Day 1)
Session A. Cellular Pathology of Cancers
Date: 25 March 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:10 | Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny Event Chair |
Opening Speech |
| 9:10-9:20 | Prof. Dr. Srinivasan Madhusudan and Prof. Dr. Natália Cruz-Martins Session Chairs |
Welcome from the Session Chairs |
| 9:20-9:50 | Prof. Dr. Natália Cruz-Martins Keynote Speaker |
Dysbiosis and Cancer: What Role Does Diet Play in This Interaction |
| 9:50-10:10 | Prof. Alan McIntyre Invited Speaker |
Investigating tumour molecular adaptation to hypoxia and acidosis |
| 10:10-10:30 | Dr. Dindial Ramotar Invited Speaker |
Loss of Peroxiredoxin 1 leads to ATM instability and defects in DNA damage signaling in response to arsenite exposure |
| 10:30-10:45 | Alessandra Ferraresi Selected Speaker |
Targeting Glycolysis-Dependent Inhibition of Autophagy Reduces Ovarian Cancer Cell Migration and Impairs CAF Phenoconversion |
| 10:45-11:00 | Giuseppina Daniela Naimo Selected Speaker |
Bergapten affects apoptosis through Notch family in colorectal cancer cells |
| 11:00-11:15 | Chiara Lualdi Selected Speaker |
Modulation of Cathepsin D expression drives the growth of neuroblastoma cells in 2D or 3D cultures in response to EGF: analysis in a bona fide model mimicking tumor heterogeneity and metastatic progression |
| 11:15-11:30 | Ankitha Vadi Velu Selected Speaker |
Investigation of cell death mechanisms induced by potential anti-cancer agent MO2455 in leukemia and lymphoma cells |
| 11:30-11:45 | Onyisi Christiana Didamson Selected Speaker |
Photoactivated Aluminium Phthalocyanine Drives Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Human Oesophageal Cancer Stem Cells |
| 11:45-12:00 | Jintao He Selected Speaker |
Distinct Characteristics of Brain Metastasis in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Development of High-Confidence Cell Lines
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Session D. Cell Therapies
Date: 25 March 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 15:00 (CET, Basel) | 10:00 (EDT, New York) | 22:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 15:00-15:10 | Prof. Dr. Maciej Kurpisz Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 15:10-15:40 | Prof. Dr. Ewa Zuba-Surma Keynote Speaker |
Stem cell- derived extracellular vesicles as new generation tools for therapeutic applications in tissue repair |
| 15:40-16:00 |
Assoc. Prof. Ilaria Decimo |
Tumor-Associated macrophages promote tumor innervation and neural repair |
| 16:00-16:20 | Prof. Marco Feligioni Invited Speaker |
Re-Localization of SUMO-1 in Neurons of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Patients |
| 16:20-16:40 | Dr. Hemant Kumar Mishra Invited Speaker |
Revolutionizing Cancer Treatments through Stem Cell-Derived CAR T/NK Cells for Immunotherapy: Opening New Horizons for the Future of Oncology |
| 16:40-16:55 | BREAK | |
Session C. Cellular Antivirus Immune Responses
Date: 25 March 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 16:55 (CET, Basel) | 11:55 (EDT, New York) | 23:55 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 16:55-17:05 | Prof. Ratna Ray Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 17:05-17:25 | Dr. Sarah George Invited Speaker |
Durability of T cell immunity after dengue vaccination vs. primary and secondary infection |
| 17:25-17:45 | Dr. Simanti Datta Invited Speaker |
Hepatitis B virus inhibits complement C9 synthesis and membrane attack complex formation: implication in disease pathogenesis |
Cells 2025 Program (Day 2)
Session E. Cellular Signaling
Date: 26 March 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 | Dr. Mohammad Asim Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:10-14:40 | Dr. Bilal Hafeez Keynote Speaker |
Clinical significance of targeting ribosome biogenesis for cancer therapy |
| 14:40-15:00 | Dr. Rachid Safi Invited Speaker |
Elucidation of the Mechanisms by Which Cells Recognize and Respond to Different Levels of Steroid Hormones to Elicit Different Biological Responses |
| 15:00-15:15 | Alessandra Galli Selected Speaker |
Exploiting mechanotransductive processes to promote pancreatic β-cell differentiation and function |
| 15:15-15:30 | Sadia Farrukh Selected Speaker |
Parental Biomedical Manifestations and Newborn Telomeres: The Ends with a New Beginning |
| 15:30-15:45 | Concetta Scimone Selected Speaker |
Aberrant methylation events in arteriovenous malformation of the brain |
| 15:45-16:00 |
Donghui Yang |
More than pyroptosis: Cathepsin S is the novel protease for intestinal Gasdermin C |
| 16:00-16:15 | Eleni Petsalaki Selected Speaker |
A novel mechanism for chromatin bridge sensing through the abscission checkpoint in human cells |
Session F. Cell Research in Animal Models
Date: 26 March 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 16:15 (CET, Basel) | 11:15 (EDT, New York) | 23:15 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 16:15-16:25 | Prof. Dr. Santhi Gorantla and Dr. Susanta K. Behura Session Chairs |
Welcome from the Session Chairs |
| 16:25-16:45 | Dr. Daniel J. Mathew Invited Speaker |
The in vitro produced bovine embryo: Zooming in on the endometrium |
| 16:45-17:05 | Dr. Ahmed Balboula Invited Speaker |
Novel mechanisms regulating chromosome segregation in mammalian oocytes |
| 17:05-17:20 | Jong-Hyuk Lee Selected Speaker |
Cockayne syndrome mice reflect human kidney disease and are defective in de novo NAD biosynthesis |
| 17:20-17:35 | Piotr Krzysztof Jung Selected Speaker |
Advancing Neuroblastoma Research: A 3D Tumorsphere Model to Study GD2 Immunotherapy and Metastasis |
Cells 2025 Program (Day 3)
Session H. Protein Quality Control, Proteasomal Degradation, and Autophagy
Date: 27 March 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 04:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 9:00-9:10 | Prof. Dr. Fulvio Mario Reggiori Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 9:10-9:40 | Prof. Maurizio Molinari Keynote Speaker |
The involvement of organellophagy receptors in organelle fragmentation |
| 9:40-10:00 | Prof. Mario Mauthe Invited Speaker |
A chaperone/proteasome-based fragmentation machinery is essential for aggrephagy |
| 10:00-10:15 | Sofie Lautrup Selected Speaker |
Multi-omics analysis of 267 postmortem human brain samples unveils new mechanisms of brain ageing and Alzheimer's disease
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| 10:15-10:30 | BREAK | |
FLASH POSTER SESSION
Date: 27 March 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 10:30 (CET, Basel) | 05:30 (EDT, New York) | 17:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 10:30-10:35 | Michaela Varone |
p75NTR modulation restores redox metabolism and blunts inflammation in a cell model of Rett syndrome |
| 10:35-10:40 | Rosa D'Angiolo | New TRPM8 modulators induce melanoma cell death |
| 10:40-10:45 | Viviana Tutino | Non-Genomic Action of Androgen Receptor in Colorectal Cancer |
| 10:45-10:50 | Carmela Sorrentino | Targeting TRPM8: A Novel Strategy to Halt Androgen-Driven Invasiveness in Melanoma |
| 10:50-10:55 | Alessia Di Pauli | (Phospho-)proteomic Signaling Responses of Human Male Germ Cell Lines to Simulated Microgravity and Hypogravity |
| 10:55-11:00 | Fabrizio Fontana | Dissecting the role of extracellular vesicles in melanoma microenvironment |
| 11:00-11:05 | Luciana Cristina Teixeira | Effect of modified citrus pectin on DSS-induced colitis in mice |
| 11:05-11:10 | Shatha Alqahtani | Unravelling the role of AP-1 transcription factor in DNA damage signaling and response (DDR) and platinum and PARP inhibitor resistance in ovarian cancers |
Session G. Cellular Metabolism
Date: 27 March 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 14:00 (CET, Basel) | 09:00 (EDT, New York) | 21:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:10 |
Prof. Dr. Roger Schneiter and Prof. Dr. Paul Gissen |
Welcome from the Session Chairs |
| 14:10-14:40 | Prof. Philippa Mills Keynote Speaker |
The role of vitamin B6 metabolism in health and disease |
| 14:40-15:00 | Prof. Giorgio Malpeli Invited Speaker |
Study of microRNAs in mouse brain organoid models mimicking Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome to correct neurodevelopmental defects |
| 15:00-15:15 | Kai Sonntag Selected Speaker |
Dysfunctional Cellular Energy Metabolism is a Premorbid Characteristic of Late-Onset Alzheimer’s disease |
| 15:15-15:30 | Ryan Mailloux Selected Speaker |
Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KGDH): an update on its redox regulation and importance in generating mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) in hepatocytes |
| 15:30-15:45 | Julien Saint-Pol Selected Speaker |
Brain pericytes: from origins to implications in cell–cell communication within the neurovascular unit |
Session B. Neural Cell Biology
Date: 27 March 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 15:45 (CET, Basel) | 10:45(EDT, New York) | 22:45 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time (Central European Time) | Speaker | Title |
| 15:45-15:55 | Prof. Dr. George Smith Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 15:55-16:25 |
Prof. Dr. Illana Gozes |
Talk: ADNP/davunetide: essential for sex-dependent hippocampal neurogenesis, through male unfolded protein response and female mitochondrial gene regulation |
| 16:25-16:45 | Dr. Luigi Donato Invited Speaker |
Unveiling CACNG8: A Modifier Gene's Role in Retinal Dystrophies Through Structural and Molecular Insights into AMPA Receptor Dysregulation |
| 16:45-17:00 | Lauren Miterko Selected Speaker |
Characterization of developing striatal circuitry in early-onset dystonia |
| 17:00-17:15 | Domenico Mordà Selected Speaker |
Methylation Dynamics of Mitochondrial Stress Response Genes in Retinal Pigment Epithelium under Oxidative Stress Conditions |
| 17:15-17:30 | Daniele Pensabene Selected Speaker |
p75NTR modulation reverses oxidative stress and metabolic derangements in a cell model of Parkinson’s disease |
| 17:30-17:45 | Francesco Paolo Zummo Selected Speaker |
Preliminary Investigation of Cerebellar Alterations induced by Cachexia and Endurance Training in C26 Tumor-Bearing Mouse Model |
| 17:45-18:00 | Han Le Selected Speaker |
The role of MICOS in modulating mitochondrial dynamics and structural changes in the brain |
| 18:00-18:10 | Prof. Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny Event Chair |
Closing Speech |